Alan Harper: "I made my debut at Goodison against Stoke and was standing in the tunnel waiting to go onto the pitch. Z cars started playing on the PA and I heard the crowd roar. If I could bottle a moment and save it forever, then that would be it.

"There are no desperate situations, only desperate people.""When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty""All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident."

Is it April fools already?! He was a big, unfit lump before his break from the game so i doubt he's going to be fit enough at this stage of a season to make a contribution, but when your skint, needs must i suppose.

Me personally, especially after today's performance, i'd stick it out with Duffy till Distin gets fit, the game time and experience will stand Duffy in good stead for the future IMO.